Climate twins of Gentry, AR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gentry's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Gentry vs its climate twin
Top match: Tuscumbia, MO
| Month | Gentry | Tuscumbia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.5°F | 26.7°F | 2.51 in | 44.0°F | 25.3°F | 2.15 in |
| February | 52.3°F | 30.0°F | 2.24 in | 48.7°F | 28.6°F | 2.05 in |
| March | 61.2°F | 38.0°F | 3.53 in | 59.0°F | 37.1°F | 2.99 in |
| April | 70.2°F | 46.1°F | 4.98 in | 69.1°F | 46.8°F | 4.98 in |
| May | 77.4°F | 55.3°F | 5.92 in | 76.9°F | 55.7°F | 5.54 in |
| June | 85.5°F | 64.4°F | 4.29 in | 85.0°F | 65.0°F | 4.16 in |
| July | 90.3°F | 68.5°F | 4.17 in | 89.4°F | 69.5°F | 3.83 in |
| August | 90.2°F | 67.0°F | 3.34 in | 88.3°F | 68.2°F | 4.20 in |
| September | 82.4°F | 58.7°F | 3.86 in | 81.1°F | 60.5°F | 4.16 in |
| October | 71.6°F | 47.2°F | 4.00 in | 70.5°F | 49.2°F | 3.42 in |
| November | 59.7°F | 37.3°F | 3.74 in | 58.5°F | 38.9°F | 2.97 in |
| December | 50.0°F | 29.2°F | 2.85 in | 47.9°F | 29.9°F | 2.12 in |
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →